JR Kyoto Line

JR Kyoto Line
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223-2000 series EMU on a Special Rapid Service, July 2009
Overview
Native name	JR京都線
Type	Heavy rail
System	Urban Network
Locale	Kyoto Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture
Termini	Kyoto (Tōkaidō Line) Osaka (Tōkaidō Line)
Operation
Opened	July 26, 1876 (as part of Tōkaidō Main Line) March 13, 1988 (renamed as JR Kyoto Line)
Owner	JR West
Operator(s)	JR West JR Freight
Technical
Line length	42.8 km (26.6 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead lines
Operating speed	outer tracks: 130 km/h (81 mph) inner tracks: 120 km/h (75 mph)

The JR Kyoto Line (JR京都線, JR Kyōto-sen^?) is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The name applies to the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line between Kyoto Station and Osaka Station.

The Kyoto Line operates in combination with the Biwako Line and the JR Kobe Line, and offers through service trains to the Kosei Line and the JR Takarazuka Line.

Commuter trains are classified in three types:

In addition to the three types of commuter trains, long-distance limited express trains connecting the Kyoto-Osaka region with Kansai International Airport (Haruka services), Hokuriku region (Thunderbird and Raichō services) and other areas also frequently operate on the line. Freight trains also operate on the line except for the section near Osaka Station where freight trains use separate freight lines.

Local trains stop at all stations. Rapid Service trains stop at stations marked "R" (all day) and "r" (except in the morning). Special Rapid Service trains stop at stations marked "S".

From September 5, 1876 to the opening of Kyoto Station on February 6, 1877, Ōmiyadōri Temporary Station (大宮通仮停車場, Ōmiyadōri Kari Teishajō^?) was the station for the city of Kyoto. The temporary station was located at 40 chains (0.80 km) west of Kyoto Station construction site, or 3 miles and 47 chains (5.77 km) away from Mukōmachi Station.